1st day in Yemen

For my first day in Yemen! I got to stay on the Socotra Islands, where I would be camping for the night. I was picked up from the airport by a taxi, and driven to the dock where I was greeted by the ferry. Usually people just go there by air plane but I wanted to use gravity for as long as possible. Theride was long bumpy and not so much fun, but at least I had a chance to enjoy some of the 211 species of birds... and almost 211 different kinds of bird POOP! Anyways we arrived at the island a certain amount of time later (I asked someone how long the boat ride was but they answered in arabic so I didn't really know. I would guess about an hour maybe hour and a half. We were almost to the beach when the captain turned off the motor! I looked at him with a half confused face and half if we crash I will kill you face. He then pointed out that two men were pulling a big, yellow, rubber boat out of the storage compartment and I thought how am I supposed to drive this in to shore!!! I got in WITH a helper and we glided over the water towards the island. I was super excited "What fun things did they have in store for me!" When we hit sand I grabbed my fully packed backpack and stepped out then walked up the beach and over to the side walk. The side walk led to a street which led to three or four stores and ONE was the information building. I walked in and grabbed a pamflet and stepped back out. The directions said to walk down the street and turn up the trail, that led to a mountain trail that was right next to a cliff right off the ocean! I hiked about a mile and then got tired of that trail so I turned up a trail that curled around the hill and ended up at the top. On one side I had a stunning view of the rest of the island and on the other side the wide open ocean! The view was beautiful but I needed to walk hike back down and find a campsite so I had enough time to set up my tent. I ate dinner and went to bed!